--- title: A sperm whale washes ashore with round scars on its skin. What is a… — Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish · tree and pragmatics description: A sperm whale washes ashore with round scars on its skin. What is a likely cause? 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What is a likely cause? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sperm whale · **What happens:** wash, be · **To what, where:** likely cause This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A sperm whale washes ashore with round scars on its skin. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t11:1 # text = A sperm whale washes ashore with round scars on its skin. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sperm sperm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 washes wash VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 scars scar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | present | a sperm whale | | | | | with round scars on whale's skin; ashore *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with scar=Instrument | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What is a likely cause? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t11:2 # text = What is a likely cause? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a likely cause | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Suckers of a giant squid it hunted ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t11:o1:1 # text = Suckers of a giant squid it hunted 1 Suckers sucker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 squid squid NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hunted hunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | past | squid | a giant squid *not said here* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent squid=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Barnacles from a ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t11:o2:1 # text = Barnacles from a ship 1 Barnacles barnacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Bites from a crowd of small sharks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t11:o3:1 # text = Bites from a crowd of small sharks 1 Bites bite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 sharks shark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Sunburn ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t11:o4:1 # text = Sunburn 1 Sunburn sunburn NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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